Video Shoot for Gadzooks!
“I'll
never forget the day Rich Gardner donned a wedding dress and rode his
skimboard off the lip of the confluence of the Santa Clara and Virgin
Rivers.” You can count on me to tell that story well into my old
age. If I were to describe Rich's performance to promote Gadzooks!
A Comically Quirky Audio Book, I could sum it up in two
words: NAILED IT. But why stop there? Rich is a remarkably agile
and talented athlete who is apparently up for anything! If anyone
ever needs a great stuntman who is easy and fun to work with, hire
Rich!
Rich
was just one of 10 amazing people who worked on the video for
Gadzooks! As is custom with
my promos, the delightful Steve Campbell served as the spokesman.
Steve is nothing short of charming, both on camera and off. I was
especially grateful to Steve this time around because he was in the
emergency room until late the night before the shoot, arriving on
time the next morning sporting a badly injured leg. Apparently,
Steve is takes the notion of “the show must go on,” quite
seriously.
Accompanying
Steve on camera were three “Sister Wives” played by Kristin Hunt,
Melanie Camire and Heather Oram. These gals were good natured enough
to tone down their obvious beauty in lieu of bad hairstyles and
dresses purchased as “Fuglies Are Us.” The water in the Virgin
River on the day of the shoot is hardly what I would call warm, but
there was nary a complaint when our Sister Wives took the plunge in
leaky rafts!
Behind
every great video performance is a whole crew of people working to
make the magic happen. In this case, it started with Garry Morris,
Director for the shoot, and Kent Hayes, who assisted with every
aspect of the production including putting together the costumes and
wigs for the actors. Honestly, I couldn't have pulled this off
without Garry and Kent. Both guys have played key roles in all of my
audio books and the videos to promote them.
Our Video Crew was top notch as well. Lead by Billy Wilkin of Silly Billy
Media, the filming went off without a hitch. Billy's assistants,
Sheldon Demke and and Sam Perez, were not only totally cool to work
with, but had loads of great ideas as well. This group proved they
were willing to go to any lengths to get the perfect shot, including
Billy's 8-foot jump into the confluence of the rivers to get the
perfect image of Rich sailing overhead on his skimboard.
Billy,
Sheldon and Sam are all set to graduate from Dixie State University
in May. Billy has already been tapped to head up a shoot for a major
film and will use Sheldon and Sam as his assistants. Look for these
three to go a long way with their film careers!
Thanks
again to my fabulous Cast and Crew for a spectacular day on the
Virgin and Santa Clara Rivers. I'm looking forward to launching our
video along with Gadzooks! A Comically Quirky Audio Book
on September 22, 2014.
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